Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona

Downloading, registering, using and maintaining the AMB P+R Aparcaments d’Intercanvi app is completely free of charge. Likewise, parking in the current P+R car parks is also free for people registered with the service as long as they comply with all the terms of use.  

No, you only need to make one journey by public transport between the start and end of the service. It makes no difference whether you use public transport on both journeys or only on either your outward or return journey.

In general, the time limit for parking is 24 hours from when you start the service via the app. However, you can only park at the Llobregat Centre car park until 11 pm on the day the service starts.

No. The P+R service is not available at weekends or on public holidays or on working days outside operating hours.

You need to download the AMB P+R Aparcaments d’Intercanvi Metropolitans app and register to use the P+R service. Once you have registered, all you have to do is follow the instructions on how to use the app whenever you want to use the free parking service in one of the P+R parking zones: start the service from the app, validate your public transport ticket when you come back and end the service from the app once you have vacated your parking space.

The Llobregat Centre car park doesn’t operate in the same way as the others. You have to register beforehand to use it, which you can do here.

You can use the app to check how busy each of the P+R parking zones is. Just tap ‘Zones P+R’ in the app’s dropdown menu. This shows whether the occupancy level of the zone you’d like to use is low, medium or high.

Once you’ve started a service from the app, the parking time remaining until you reach the limit (24 consecutive hours) is displayed at the top of the main screen. The date and time when you start the service are also displayed. 

You can change your user account password by pressing ‘Perfil’ (profile) in the app’s dropdown menu. Your personal details will be displayed and you can edit them and change your password.

If you don’t have a smartphone, you can use the P+R service web app from any device with an internet connection by registering here.

Yes. You can get notifications and alerts about the end of the parking service via the app by turning on AMB P+R Aparcaments d’Intercanvi app notifications on your mobile device.

You can have more than one vehicle registered in your profile. However, you can only use one parking space at a time even if you have more than one vehicle associated with your account. When starting the service, you will have to choose which vehicle you want to park.

The same vehicle can be registered in two different user accounts. However, it can only be parked by one user at a time.

By starting and ending the service on the app after taking up or vacating a parking space, you provide other users with real-time information about the occupancy level of the P+R parking zones. This is crucial for the successful operation of the service and is independent of validating your transport ticket. If you park without having started the service or go over the parking time limit without having ended the service, you will be in breach of the rules of use of the service and may be fined.

How often you need to validate your public transport ticket varies depending on the ticket. You only need to validate tickets for a specific time period (T-mes or T- trimestre) once at the ticket machine because they let you use the P+R service until your ticket expires. By contrast, you have to validate tickets not associated with a time period (e.g., T-10) every time you use the service, and they are only valid during the associated 24-hour period (from the start of the service on the app).

If the ticket validation machine is out of service or can’t read your ticket, you should contact our customer care service by calling 93 033 33 33 or using the website form to prevent your ticket from being logged as a non-validation incident.

You do not have to validate your ticket on your return journey at P+R car parks which do not have a ticket validation machine. You only need to end the service from the app once you have vacated your parking space. 

No, the service accepts any means of public transport in the integrated fare system.

Breaches of the terms of use of the service include parking in a P+R parking space without being registered with the service or without having started the service on the app, failing to validate a valid public transport ticket and overstaying the parking time limit.

The management protocol for infringements or breaches which are external to the system (vehicles in P+R spaces during the regulated service hours without having started the P+R service in the system, or overstaying the parking time limit) is set out in each municipality’s regulations and procedures and may result in a fine.

Incidents or breaches which are internal to the system (failing to validate a valid public transport ticket or overstaying parking time without ending the service) will be logged, and AMB Informació reserves the right to impose a minor penalty. The minor penalty is enforced if the user builds up four incidents and means they will be temporarily suspended from the service for one week.

Having four incidents warrants a minor penalty and will result in the user’s temporary suspension from the service for one week. However, a severe penalty (temporary suspension of a user for six months) may be imposed if the user has three minor penalties within one year from when the first incident was logged. Incidents are cleared one year after they have been logged or once the six-month suspension period has ended if a severe penalty has been imposed.

Parking in a P+R parking zone without having started the service is an infringement and may lead to a fine under each municipality’s regulations. If you forget, we recommend you start the service as soon as possible to avoid being fined.

If you overstay the time limit allowed for parking in a P+R parking zone, an incident will be logged in your account. If you build up four incidents, this warrants a minor penalty and you will be temporarily suspended from the service for a week. If you forget, we recommend you end the service as soon as possible before going over the 24 consecutive hour parking time limit. If your vehicle is still parked in the parking zone the day after you have overstayed the parking time limit, this is an infringement and you may be fined under the regulations of the municipality concerned.

Any incidents which may have occurred as a result of accidents and long delays on the rail network or in similar exceptional cases will be cancelled.

If you’ve received a penalty notice related to parking in one of the P+R parking zones, you can appeal the fine with the city council for the municipality concerned or the organisation owning the car park, as applicable. AMB Informació accepts no liability whatsoever and has no jurisdiction in any appeals relating to any penalties associated with such infringements.